After you purchase a coaching session you’ll be sent to a “thank you” page with a questionnaire to fill out. It’s extremely important that you complete that questionnaire after your purchase. It’ll provide you with a chance to let me know what you need help with so that I can answer your questions as thoroughly as possible. Custom coaching video clients will have an option on that questionnaire to upload a video for John to review in preparation. If you’re booking the live session, the form will ask you for a few suggestions on times when you’re available for the call. You’ll get an email from the Doberman Planet team in the following days confirming which of those times work best for your coach and then you’re all set!

At the start of a live session, I’ll go over any follow up questions I have about your situation. I also like to try and better understand you, your dog, and the home environment. Then we can will dive right into answering your questions. It’ll be an interactive Zoom video call where you can get into an in-depth conversation with me about your situation or anything else you want to talk about! Generally, you’ll receive an email with your custom “Plan of Action” or “Plan Update” report in the next 2 to 3 business days (in PDF format).

A custom coaching video is a pre-recorded 7 to 12 minute video where I’ll be talking to the camera and addressing you and your situation directly. I’ll provide as much actionable insight as possible into the issues you’re having and how I believe you can best correct them considering your specific situation. Typically within 2 to 3 days you’ll receive an email from me with a link to where you can view and download your video. My email will also contain a list of helpful resources hand-picked by me to assist you with your specific situation. You can see an example coaching video on this page (in the blue box above).

We can figure that out together! Often times client like to meet for the second session soon after the first, so they can quickly report back and get help with “sticking points” with applying the techniques recommended. Others like to have a regular schedule (like one call every week, for example). 

Suggestions and advice on training techniques, getting ready for a new puppy, integrating a new puppy into your household, handling various behavior problems, interpretations of behaviors your Doberman is displaying, help choosing between the various types/colors/sexes of Doberman out there, and just about any other Doberman-related topic that you need help on!

A Plan of Action Report, sometimes also referred to as a “Call Summary Report”, is a comprehensive report (in PDF format) that covers the primary concerns you brought to your session along with in-depth information about how to approach resolving that issue based on your coach’s experience. This is a multi-page and very in-depth report written and prepared by John for your specific situation. These reports are created after your coaching call so that John has as much information as possible to produce the most insightful and helpful report he can for you.

A “Plan Update Report” is a smaller report (usually a one or two page PDF report) that describes proposed modifications to make to the initial “Plan of Action” that was provided to you on our first coaching session. This is produced based on your dog’s individual progress with the techniques that you’ve applied.

Yes, there are definitely things that we’re either not qualified to help you out with or are unable to for other reasons. We’ll definitely let you know about what those are should those topics arise. Some examples of things we can’t help you with are: medical diagnosis or treatment, specific nutritional recommendations/diet analysis, medicines, ear wrapping/posting, bite training, specific breeder referrals or recommendations, and high-risk dogs or situations. Generally, I’ll do my best to steer you to a competent professional or resource for help with these topics.